Bundestag Elections 2025: Key Constituency Winners Excluded from Parliament

Mon 24th Feb, 2025

In a significant shift resulting from electoral reforms, 23 candidates who won their respective constituencies in the recent federal elections will not take their seats in the German Bundestag. This change, influenced by a new voting system, primarily affects members from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), as well as a few from the Christian Social Union (CSU), Alternative for Germany (AfD), and the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

The electoral reforms have made the Bundestag smaller, reducing the number of representatives from 733 to 630. A notable aspect of this reform is that not every individual elected in a constituency will automatically secure a seat in the Bundestag. Instead, the allocation of seats is now contingent upon the overall performance of their parties in the second vote. This means that if a party fails to garner enough second votes, the respective constituency winner will not be awarded a parliamentary mandate, leaving some constituencies without direct representation.

The affected constituencies are spread across several federal states, including Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, and Bavaria, with a few located in the eastern regions of Germany and one in the north. The following candidates are among those who will not be entering the Bundestag despite winning their constituencies:

  • Wahlkreis 1: Flensburg - Schleswig - Petra Nicolaisen (CDU)
  • Wahlkreis 14: Rostock - Landkreis Rostock II - Steffi Burmeister (AfD)
  • Wahlkreis 54: Bremen I - Ulrike Hiller (SPD)
  • Wahlkreis 58: Oberhavel - Havelland II - Andreas Galau (AfD)
  • Wahlkreis 71: Halle - Alexander Raue (AfD)
  • Wahlkreis 151: Leipzig I - Christian Kriegel (AfD)
  • Wahlkreis 169: Schwalm-Eder - Anna-Maria Bischof (CDU)
  • Wahlkreis 181: Frankfurt am Main I - Yannick Schwander (CDU)
  • Wahlkreis 182: Frankfurt am Main II - Leopold Born (CDU)
  • Wahlkreis 183: Groß-Gerau - Marcus Kretschmann (CDU)
  • Wahlkreis 185: Darmstadt - Astrid Mannes (CDU)
  • Wahlkreis 202: Trier - Dominik Sienkiewicz (CDU)
  • Wahlkreis 204: Mainz - Ursula Groden-Kranich (CDU)
  • Wahlkreis 206: Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal - Sertac Bilgin (CDU)
  • Wahlkreis 218: München-Süd - Claudia Küng (CSU)
  • Wahlkreis 243: Nürnberg-Nord - Sebastian Brehm (CSU)
  • Wahlkreis 251: Augsburg-Stadt - Volker Ullrich (CSU)
  • Wahlkreis 259: Stuttgart II - Maximilian Mörseburg (CDU)
  • Wahlkreis 274: Heidelberg - Alexander Föhr (CDU)
  • Wahlkreis 275: Mannheim - Melis Sekmen (CDU)
  • Wahlkreis 277: Rhein-Neckar - Moritz Oppelt (CDU)
  • Wahlkreis 282: Lörrach - Müllheim - Stefan Glaser (CDU)
  • Wahlkreis 290: Tübingen - Christoph Naser (CDU)

This situation highlights the impact of the reforms on party representation and the electoral dynamics within the country, as some regions may face a lack of direct parliamentary representation despite having elected candidates.


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